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The band room was fill ed with first hour
students. Many students also put in extra
time before school to gel in more practi ce.
(Ted Graham)

S~perior, Excellent

Perfontances Arise

Kristi Rasgorshek
Juni or Dacia Knudson gets her saxophone
out, ready to play. Be in g prepared before Rewardin g competiti ons This orchestra also
the band began was essential. (Ted and events were ex peri enced by pl aced eight mu sicians in th e All -
Graham) th e band s, orchestra, and State Orches tra. Three students,
colorguard. Mu ch time, effort , Junior Amy Chi ou and Seni ors
prac tice, and determin ation were Melani e Gilbert and Aaron
put forth . Kerkh off, were also se lected to
One of thi s year's hi gh- th e Has tin gs Honor Orchestra thi s
! ights for the band was ho stin g the year.
State Marchin g Band competiti on, The Colorguard re-
where th ey received their fifth con- ceived a superi or ratin g thi s year
secutive superior ratin g. The for their perfo rm ance with th e
marchin g band also earn ed a su- marchin g band at the Burke In vi-
peri or rating in October in th e tati onal. During their season of
Omaha In vitational. co mpeti tion in th e winter, the
The Jazz bands competed Colorguard perfo rmed with out the
in th e Bell ev ue Eas t Jazz Festival band, as the Winterguard. The
and The Great Pl ain s Jazz Festi- Winterguard wrote and choreo-
va l. Some of the band members graphed their own shows thi s year.
also parti cipated in th e Elkh orn Their show earn ed th em two ex-
Band Ol ympi cs and the Di stri ct cell ent ratin gs at th e Papilli on/
Music Contest. LaVista In vitational and th e
The orchestra received a Seward Colorguard In vitati onal.
superi or ratin g for one of their Consequentl y, all three
performan ces, givin g th e sc hool maj or mu sical gro ups had no prob-
its eleventh superi or ratin g out of lem showin g th eir stu ff and mak-
\(!1 e last twelve years. ing_ th eir mark . e ~ Carefu ll y studyin g his sheet music is Senior
Darren Cox. Many times, sightreading
bccamcan important abili ty. (Ted Graham)